4.024 minSeason 1 • Episode 24
LatestCasshern and his friends enjoy the peace of their new lives until the Ruin destroys their happiness. Driven by grief, Casshern sets out to settle the score with Braiking Boss - and issue a warning to Luna.
After the murder of Luna, the robot society that rules the planet starts to rust and decay. Death and despair spread through the land like wildfire. The only one unaffected by the affliction that becomes known as "The Ruin" is Luna's assassin, Casshern. Unable to remember if he really triggered this capital sin against the entire mechanized civilization, Casshern embarks on a journey to unravel the mystery that connects him, Luna, and the plague.
Cinematography
Every frame looks like a stained glass apocalypse
Score
Strings that make rust feel transcendent
Direction
Slow pans that dare you to look away
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a complete reboot of 1973's Casshan, inverting its hero from cheerful android to amnesiac death-bringer. Tatsunoko basically said 'what if we made it SAD?',
The 'Ruin' mirrors Japanese economic stagnation anxieties of the late 2000s—entire generations of 'immortal' salarymen watching their world decay while being unable to die or change.
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